Here s what s on the TGIF menu.
S.F., L.A. threaten injunctions against Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, accusing them of misleading customers about driver background checks, and more.
As Bash-related Web attacks pop up, Google, Amazon take steps to patch the bug, a.k.a. Shellshock, in internal servers and cloud services.
Facebook Messenger — the one people were up in arms about over privacy concerns — is top iOS app in U.S., tops in many other countries.
Speaking of Facebook, its lawsuit against Manhattan DA s office over search warrants gets go-ahead from court.
Speaking some more about Facebook: Ello is offering itself up as the ad-free. no-real-names-required alternative that won t treat you like a product. But is it really? And Ello s already so hot it temporarily froze invites yesterday.
Symantec names Michael Brown CEO after he served six months as interim CEO.
FAA approval for drone use in movie-making could lead to other commercial drone use.
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo calls out Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for tweeting while Twitter has been blocked in Iran for the past few years: Mr. President, enjoying your tweets from the UN. We would love the Iranian people to enjoy them as well. When will that be?
What will Microsoft Windows next name be? Company will unveil it Tuesday.
BlackBerry says it has sold 200,000 Passport smartphones, enough to make a profit off them. Did we mention they re square?
And thanks, Instagram, it s just what we needed: Its app Hyperlapse now allows you to use your front-facing camera so you can take high-speed selfies, a.k.a. the selfielapse. (iPhone only, for now.)
Photo of Lyft vehicle by Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald/MCT archives
